Think Well

I grew up in a pessimistic family where my parents imagine the
worst outcome in a situation and that outcome would always turn out
to be true. At first I thought they were psychic and that they
predicted the future but that thought went away as quickly as it
came. It wasn't until I started to have negative thoughts myself,
that things started to go out of control. When I started middle
school, kids started to bully me. At first I just shrugged it off,
but the more it happened, the more I started thinking that I
deserved to be bullied. I would start envisioning that I would get
bullied the next day at school after I just got home from being
bullied. My weekends would consist of thinking of new insults that
people would come up with in order to bully me. There wouldn't be a
day where I didn't get bullied, whether it happened in my mind or
in real life, I was constantly bullied and lived believing that I
deserved to be. Eventually I started to think that this is how life
would always be for me. One day I finally decided to tell someone
my problem so I went to one of my friends. She was the type of
person that everyone seemed to like. Things were always going good
for her and she never seemed to complain about anything. When I
told her about my bulling problem she told me something that I
never imagined her saying. She was bullied as well. Immediately I
asked her how the bulling stopped. I wanted to know her secret to
being happy and having people like you, if there was one. All she
told me when I asked her was "Think positively and imagine life
without bullies." and nothing more. That day I went home with her
advice in my head and decided it must work if it worked for her. At
first imagining me with no bullies in my life was hard but after a
few days of convincing myself I didn't deserve to be bullied, the
bullies slowly went away. I don't know if they stopped because I
didn't let their hateful words hurt me or if it was my positive
thinking so I decided to try it on something else. At that time I
had trouble with writing and was struggling in my English class. I
could never convey the information I need to convey and keep it
within the word limit. So I started thinking that I would be good
at English and that eventually, with practice, my writing would
improve instead of worsen. To my surprise I would get a better
grade every single paper I handed in. Now that I had this new found
fact, I used it for everything. I kept imagining my life to be
amazing, filled with laughter and positivity, and it kept getting
better and better. I was becoming who I thought I'd become. I still
am to this very day. Remember to stay positive, throw away every
single negative thought that you get and watch your life unfold
right before your eyes. Also, have a little fun with it. Try
thinking of things that you'd never thought possible. With hard
work and positive thinking anything is possible. "Often times, we
end up who we think we will become. Think well." -JL 2012